Re: Debian in PowerMac 9600

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 07:09:47PM -0800, Marcelino Suzuki wrote: > I am trying to install Debian (Potato) in Powermac 9600 - 250 > > In the past I had YellowDog install properly in the same machine. > However, I am really having a hard time making things work with Debian. > Number 1 p

Debian in PowerMac 9600

I am trying to install Debian (Potato) in Powermac 9600 - 250 In the past I had YellowDog install properly in the same machine. However, I am really having a hard time making things work with Debian. Number 1 problem is with BootX, that will not boot unless I have the "no video driver"

Re: heavy problems installing woody on a brand new iBook

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 12:20:45AM +0100, Philipp Schmidt wrote: > Hello, > > a few days ago I bought a new 12.1" iBook 600 to use it primary as linux > machine, but during my various tries all i saw were kernel panics. > > The Debian installer (from NetInstall CD 2002-02-15) claims the computer

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 12:49:18AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 15:51:16 -0500, Brian Victor wrote: > > I'm kind of surprised no one has mentioned this before, but have you > > tried the aforementioned keystrokes with [left] option instead of the > > apple key? For my pi

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 12:55:58AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 23:30:07 +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > Are you still using ADB keycodes? > > How can I know that? > > I have a 2.4.16-newpmac kernel and the woody distribution. Then you're not. -- *--v-

Re: heavy problems installing woody on a brand new iBook

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 12:20:45AM +0100, Philipp Schmidt wrote: > Hello, > > a few days ago I bought a new 12.1" iBook 600 to use it primary as linux > machine, but during my various tries all i saw were kernel panics. > > The Debian installer (from NetInstall CD 2002-02-15) claims the computer

Re: Setting Hardwareclock

On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 15:59, J. Steinbachs wrote: > > Actually, I seem to recall that hwclock doesn't function properly on > powerpc. Works fine here... > I found the following article pretty useful: > > http://lppcfom.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/1042.html Looks outdated, hwclock should wo

Re: Depair: Help for installing Woody on an ibook (M8587) needed - LONG

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 12:24:58AM +0100, Michel Dnzer wrote: > On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 22:40, Viral Shah wrote: > > > > With xine, the dvdnav and css plugin just segfaults on my machine. > > Works here, have you tried several DVDs? I will try that.. > MPEG2 CPU requirement > DivX CPU requirement

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 23:30:07 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 15:49, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > I have a PowerBook G4 with the woody distribution. From X, I can > > switch to a virtual console with . > > Not ctrl-alt/option-fn-Fx? As I've said in another message, I can't us

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 15:51:16 -0500, Brian Victor wrote: > I'm kind of surprised no one has mentioned this before, but have you > tried the aforementioned keystrokes with [left] option instead of the > apple key? For my pismo, the apple key seems worthless, and I have to > use the option key fo

heavy problems installing woody on a brand new iBook

Hello, a few days ago I bought a new 12.1" iBook 600 to use it primary as linux machine, but during my various tries all i saw were kernel panics. The Debian installer (from NetInstall CD 2002-02-15) claims the computer having no hard disk, sometimes i can run fdisk on console but when after writ

Re: Depair: Help for installing Woody on an ibook (M8587) needed - LONG

On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 22:40, Viral Shah wrote: > > With xine, the dvdnav and css plugin just segfaults on my machine. Works here, have you tried several DVDs? > I got ogle to work, and mplayer to work too.. Both were ok, but dropped > frames.. > mplayer suggests using alsa for sound. Would that

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 21:51, Brian Victor wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 07:46:47PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 18:31:22 +, Clive Menzies wrote: > >> (held together) + works on my 8100/80. > >Here it does nothing. :( It seems that my key isn't taken into > >acc

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 15:49, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I have a PowerBook G4 with the woody distribution. From X, I can > switch to a virtual console with . Not ctrl-alt/option-fn-Fx? Are you still using ADB keycodes? > But this sequence doesn't work from a virtual text terminal; I've tried > some

Re: Depair: Help for installing Woody on an ibook (M8587) needed - LONG

> Two things you can do: either bget vlc from their CVS; it is > debian-buildable by default; just cd into the top-level dir, and do: > > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot Ok. I did try the install-css.sh script with ogle sometime back, but it seemed to use version 0.3 of libdecss or something. The

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 07:46:47PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: >On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 18:31:22 +, Clive Menzies wrote: >> (held together) + works on my 8100/80. >Here it does nothing. :( It seems that my key isn't taken into >account, whatever I do. I'm kind of surprised no one has ment

Re: Problems installing quik on Powermac 7200/90

On 19 Mar, this message from Chris Tillman echoed through cyberspace: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 12:28:45AM +0100, Mark Baumann wrote: >> >> > > This worked. It boots (2 beeps) but only one time if I want to reboot it, >> > > its dead again (1 beep) >> > >> > 2 beeps is OF changing configuration.

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 18:31:22 +, Clive Menzies wrote: > (held together) + works on my 8100/80. Here it does nothing. :( It seems that my key isn't taken into account, whatever I do. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:10:16 -0800, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > and change vt on my powerbook. Not here: it behaves as if the key wasn't pressed, producing the same escape sequences. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 17:31:40 +0100, Illo de' Illis wrote: [in virtual console] > The sequence works pretty well for me, just > keep pressed, THEN press . Pressing as the > first key of the sequence won't do. in that order produces accented characters, just as if wasn't pressed. -- Vince

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 17:01:13 +0100, Daniel Kleine-Albers wrote: you can use to change the virtual console if you're using default keybindings. If anything special is configured, i dunno - but you could just give it a try. This is one of the sequences I tried, but this doesn't work. (

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 08:59, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 17:01:13 +0100, Daniel Kleine-Albers wrote: > > you can use to change the virtual console > > if you're using default keybindings. If anything special is configured, > > i dunno - but you could just give it a try. > >

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 17:01:13 +0100, Daniel Kleine-Albers wrote: > you can use to change the virtual console > if you're using default keybindings. If anything special is configured, > i dunno - but you could just give it a try. This is one of the sequences I tried, but this doesn't work. -

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:49:48PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I have a PowerBook G4 with the woody distribution. From X, I can > switch to a virtual console with . But > this sequence doesn't work from a virtual text terminal; I've tried > some other sequences and none of them work (the only s

Re: How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

Hello, you can use to change the virtual console if you're using default keybindings. If anything special is configured, i dunno - but you could just give it a try. hope it helps, Daniel On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 03:49 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: I have a PowerBook G4 with the woo

Re: Upstream asks: unportable patch for mirrormagic?

Hi Michael, > > > > - gi->checked = va_arg(ap, boolean); > > > > + gi->checked = (boolean) va_arg(ap, int); [...] > Nope, this patch makes va_arg get the proper arguments in the first place. > va_arg may only be called with the data type argument being one of the > data types after def

Re: Setting Hardwareclock

Actually, I seem to recall that hwclock doesn't function properly on powerpc. I found the following article pretty useful: http://lppcfom.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/1042.html Beware... if you follow these instructions, your modifications will be obliterated whenever hwclock gets upgraded t

How to switch between virtual terminals on PowerBook?

I have a PowerBook G4 with the woody distribution. From X, I can switch to a virtual console with . But this sequence doesn't work from a virtual text terminal; I've tried some other sequences and none of them work (the only solution is to use the chvt command, either locally or remotely under root

Re: XFree86/Keyboard

On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 13:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 20/03/2002 06:40, Michel Dänzer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 10:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> on 14/03/2002 04:20, Eric Lemoine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > > With > > > > XkbRules

Re: Upstream asks: unportable patch for mirrormagic?

On Die, 2002-03-19 at 17:52, Holger Schemel wrote: > > > (why doesn't it work out of the box on powerpc then?), > > That's something _you_ should know better than I. ;-) I do, but neither you nor the upstream author knew why it works on i386 in the first place. ;) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer

Re: XFree86/Keyboard

on 20/03/2002 06:40, Michel Dänzer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 10:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> on 14/03/2002 04:20, Eric Lemoine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > With > > XkbRulesxfree86 > XkbModelmacintosh > XkbLayout fr_new >

Re: Depair: Help for installing Woody on an ibook (M8587) needed - LONG

On Die, 2002-03-19 at 08:04, Michel Lanners wrote: > On 14 Mar, this message from Viral Shah echoed through cyberspace: > > OTOH, has anyone got xine to play encrypted DVDs on an ibook ? > > Yes, but you will probably need to get libdecss (or whatever it's > called) from source; for obvious reaso

Re: XFree86/Keyboard can't use at-sign

On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 10:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 14/03/2002 04:20, Eric Lemoine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>> With > >>> > >>> XkbRulesxfree86 > >>> XkbModelmacintosh > >>> XkbLayout fr_new > >>> > >>> my keyboard is still screwed up. By adding XkbKeycodes m

Re: linuxppc install

Chris Tillman wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:00:11AM -0300, Luis Alves Ferreira Filho wrote: > > Ooopps! > > I can read "Debian GNU/Linux non-US packages" at the top of > > README.non-US file. And all the references, install manuals, etc I could > > actually find in the Web were locate @deb

Re: USB Mouse recommendation for iBook? (was: Re: usbmouse and docs)

on 15/03/2002 13:01, Rogério Brito at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mar 15 2002, Siggi Langauf wrote: >> Hmmm, I guess that every USB mouse wil work fine. Personally, I'm >> using an optical Wheel mouse by Logitech, which is nice to use on >> "strange" surfaces like Sofas or wooden tables. But it

Re: XFree86/Keyboard can't use at-sign

on 14/03/2002 04:20, Eric Lemoine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> With >>> >>> XkbRulesxfree86 >>> XkbModelmacintosh >>> XkbLayout fr_new >>> >>> my keyboard is still screwed up. By adding XkbKeycodes macintosh >>> everything works fine. >> >> So you seem to be still using

Re: Upstream asks: unportable patch for mirrormagic?

> > Well, the patch should be correct ANSI C, I wonder how it worked on other > > architectures before. > > Two words: little endian. Nope, it's more about va_list not being a simple pointer, and havoc results when using the wrong data size in retrieving arguments via va_arg (in effect, you're tot

Re: Upstream asks: unportable patch for mirrormagic?

> > > === > > > --- mirrormagic-2.0.0.orig/src/libgame/gadgets.c > > > +++ mirrormagic-2.0.0/src/libgame/gadgets.c > > > @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ > > > break; > > > > > >case GDI_CHECKED: > > > - gi->checked = va_arg(ap, boolean);

Re: Setting Hardwareclock

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 12:41:44AM +0100, Mark Baumann wrote: > Hallo! > I have a Proplem to set my hwclock via ntpdate, it's not possible to set > it with "hwclock --set --date "time and date". > Any suggestions how to love this? It's not nice to live in the year > 1938;-) I don't know what

Re: Problems installing quik on Powermac 7200/90

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 12:28:45AM +0100, Mark Baumann wrote: > > > > This worked. It boots (2 beeps) but only one time if I want to reboot it, > > > its dead again (1 beep) > > > > 2 beeps is OF changing configuration. I have no idea what it's doing > > that needs a second chime... > > > > As to